{"id":2293479,"date":"2024-07-12T12:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-claims-to-show-afghan-fighters-joining-hezbollah\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:47:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:47:51","slug":"fact-check-image-claims-to-show-afghan-fighters-joining-hezbollah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-image-claims-to-show-afghan-fighters-joining-hezbollah\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Image Claims To Show Afghan Fighters Joining Hezbollah"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-image-claims-to-show-afghan-fighters-joining-hezbollah%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2293479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-an-israeli-soldier-kneeling-on-a-palestinian-childs-neck\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show An Israeli Soldier Kneeling On A Palestinian Child\u2019s Neck?\">image shared<\/a> on\u2063 Facebook claims to show Afghan fighters \u200djoining Hezbollah, but this claim is false. The image\u2062 is actually from 2018 and took place in Syria. Hezbollah\u200d fired rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for an alleged Israeli drone strike that killed two members of the \u200cmilitant group. Social media users are\u2062 sharing the image claiming it shows Afghan fighters going to join Hezbollah, but the image is not recent. Through \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-no-this-is-not-matt-gaetzs-actual-senior-photo-from-high-school\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: No, This Is Not Matt Gaetz\u2019s Actual Senior Photo From High School\">reverse image search<\/a>, it was found that the image was \u2064taken in 2018.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/toye.obisesan.5\/posts\/pfbid0WYEofsPVosb3MkJLTyYqPZgDedSuVTx2mu4a5tahCvzQAirawCw8Hbri4qDrbR3Kl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/toye.obisesan.5\/posts\/pfbid0WYEofsPVosb3MkJLTyYqPZgDedSuVTx2mu4a5tahCvzQAirawCw8Hbri4qDrbR3Kl&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1720791766134000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3VH9H9mo9wXrPcPZ9fLUw1\">shared on Facebook<\/a> claims to show Afghan fighters joining Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image is from 2018 and took place in Syria.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel in retaliation for an alleged Israeli drone strike that killed two members of the militant group, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/09\/world\/middleeast\/hezbollah-rockets-israel-syria.html4_aem_e94-6KyF8FZaZGOqQnL0kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a>. The rocket fire killed two people, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">outlet reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users are claiming to show an image of Afghan fighters going to join Hezbollah. One user partially wrote, \u201cThousands of additional Afghan fighters from the Fatemiyoun Brigade have arrived in Syria to bolster Hezbollah\u2019s ranks if needed \u2013 I24.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The image accompanying the post is not recent. Through a reverse image search, Check Your Fact found that the image was taken in 2018 and published in an April 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/afghanistan.asia-news.com\/en_GB\/articles\/cnmi_st\/features\/2018\/04\/26\/feature-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<\/a> from the Salaam Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the IRGC-backed Afghan Fatemiyoun Division march up a hill in this updated photo from Syria, where they are fighting, with the Russian military\u2019s help, to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iran\u2019s sectarian interests,\u201d reads the image description.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Institute for Peace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usip.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2019-03\/sr_443-the_fatemiyoun_army_reintegration_into_afghan_society-pdf_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described<\/a> the organization as \u201ca pro-Assad force organized by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for the ostensible purpose of protecting Shia holy sites\u201d in a 2019 report.<\/p>\n<p>There is also no evidence that i24 News reported that the thousands of fighters from the brigade were arriving in Syria to help Hezbollah. A search of i24 News\u2019 website did not yield any such report.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8160519\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-8160519\">Screenshot\/i24 News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Misbar and NewsMobile also <a href=\"https:\/\/misbar.com\/en\/factcheck\/2024\/07\/06\/outdated-photo-shared-as-fatemiyoun-brigade-joining-hezbollah-recently\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">researched<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmobile.in\/nm-fact-checker\/fact-check-old-image-falsely-shared-as-afghan-fighters-recently-joining-hezbollah\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0SlNaf2wbBUKoKTA18y0fvicPDh-3uqa72z2ZO71RD4UoSmVQ_mbGusy4_aem_e94-6KyF8FZaZGOqQnL0kQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a> claim and found it to be false. <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/07\/08\/fact-check-fact-checking-bidens-claim-that-trump-referred-to-veterans-as-suckers-and-losers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>(Related: Fact-Checking Biden\u2019s Claim That Trump Referred To Veterans As \u2018Suckers And Losers\u2019)<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The claim circulating on social media that Afghan fighters are joining Hezbollah is false. The image being shared is from 2018 and actually shows Afghan fighters in Syria, not Lebanon. The fighters are part of the Fatemiyoun Brigade, which is backed by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps and supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. There is no evidence to support the claim that these fighters are joining Hezbollah, and fact-checking organizations have confirmed that the claim is false<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":2293480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1204647996-scaled-e1720728996456.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34819,13420,24658,19632],"class_list":["post-2293479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-afghan-fighters","tag-fact-check","tag-hezbollah","tag-image"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-1204647996-scaled-e1720728996456.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2293479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2293479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2293480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2293479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2293479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2293479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}